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sharapova

France
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Posted - 12/11/2014 :  04:55:18 AM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
Hi there, I have experimental data that seem to give a sigmoidal like shape. My supervisor told me to fit an error function (but he didn't specifiy further). Wikipedia gives me the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_function

So I have 2 problems:

1. I need to introduce fitting parameters to account for x/y shift and the curvature...I am a bit confused about the integral, but I was thinking to adjust the gaussian function inside of it, so I would substitute exp(-x2) by
A + exp(-k(x2-x0))

but maybe this is wrong and there is an easier way to do this ?

Anyways,

2. How can I implement this in Origin ? I would prefer to avoid coding since I only started using this software. I don't quite see how to insert a formula containing an integral, the more so as I am wondering whether Origin is capable of doing such a fit..

I am looking forward to your answers

Cheers

Hideo Fujii

USA
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Posted - 12/11/2014 :  11:51:35 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi SharapovaA

As Origin has the built-in math function of erf(x), you can define your shifted fitting function as: 
  Function Type: LabTalk
  Parameters: x0,y0,A,k
  Function: y=A*erf(k*(x-x0))+y0
This works?

--Hideo Fujii
OriginLab
Edited by - Hideo Fujii on 12/11/2014 1:26:33 PM
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sharapova

France
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Posted - 12/12/2014 :  10:52:10 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi Hideo,

I tried to define a new user built function using the user interface (I dont know how to code in Origin) but the fit doesnt converge and Origin tells me that I might have overparametrized...
Maybe one of the parameters is redundant ?
Likewise, the Origin built in error function doesnt seem to be defined for negative x values...do you maybe have any more advice on that ?

cheers and thx in advance !
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Hideo Fujii

USA
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Posted - 12/12/2014 :  12:45:55 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi sharapovaA

> Maybe one of the parameters is redundant ?

I don't think so, and maybe your initial parameter values are not reasonably good enough?

> the Origin built in error function doesnt seem to be defined for negative x values

As far as I tested in my Origin 2015, erf(x) takes negative X, of course resulting erf(-x)= -erf(x). Which version of Origin are you using?

--Hideo Fujii
OriginLab
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